Motor vehicle



Jan. 21., 1925. 1,524,127

w. R. GORDON MOTOR VEHICLE Filed Oct. 25, 192.0 2 Shecs-Sheec 2 INVENTOR. 1M1 Ham 7"? Gordon TTORNEY 1 in; motor vehicles,

in the county of Lucas have invented certain new and useful Im- Vehicles, of which I declare the following tofbeaf'full, clear, and

Patented Jam 27, 1925.

. UNITED STATES 1,524,127 PATENT OFFICE.

a cannon, or ronnno, onro; moron vnnrcnn Application filed October 1920. 'Serial N0.-419,405.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatv 1, WW R. GORDON,

asulajett of the King of Great Britain, who

has eclared his intention to become a citizenofthe United States,

provements in Motor exact description. This invention'relates to improvements more articularl with re ard to the steering '00 um brac et..

ne of the objects of the invention is the utilization of the vsteerin column bracket in such a way as to ad to its ordin functions d A. further object'of the invention is the location of switches, gauges, instrument lamp, etc., in a compact arrangement directm front of and readily accessible to the l d i'iverof the vehicle.

Qther objects, and objects relating to details of construction and economies of manufacture, will a the. description of t invention. which, for

pear as I proceed with at embodiment of the the purposes of the present application, I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: 80

Figure is a fragmental perspective .view of a truck embodying my invention, lookin forward from the drivers seat, the position, the steering wheel being indicated by dotted lines only.

Figure II is a side view in perspective. Figure IIIis a perspective iview. of the upper. face-of the steering column bracket.

sents the cowl-of .boltedthe. forward edge of a steering col-' 14 is thereafter: vbolted onto the bracket,-

igure' .IV is a persfiective view of, the reverse side of the brac et. I

Like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the views.

In, the d'rawings, ,tl 1e numeral 10 re rea motor truck to whic is umn'bracke't 11 formed with a series of holes 12 for the reception of the fastening bolts; The rear edge of the bracket is so shaped as to form a half collar 13 to which the other half 14 may be secured by meansf of bolts 15. When the apparatus is 'assembled the steering post 16 is first received by the half collar 13 and'the half collar thus firmly anchoring the upper, end of the steering columnthrough the cowl.

residing at Toledo," and State of Ohio,

those of an instrument boar but preferably they extendto t mounted upon the bracket itself, the rear.

racket to the In the main portion of the bracket 11,

slightly behind its line of attachment to meansof which the dials of .the gauges may be illuminated.

To one side of the main portion of the bracket 11, but integral therewith, is an. y

extension 21 p'referab inclined downwardlIy somewhat in order to economize space. pon .th1s extension I mount an electric switch by means of which the difierent electric circuits in useon the vehicle may be controlled. The switch handle is shown at 22, and the indications for the guidance of the driver in movingythe handle are shown at 23. In the angle between the main portion of the bracket 11 and the ex'- tension 21, I prefer to form a web 24 in which I locate an electric socket 25 of any ordinary or special character adapted to receive an electric plug, as for instance the plug on the end of atrouble lamp cord connection, or upon the end of the search light cord connection.

I In the embodiment shown in the drawin the gauge 18 is an oil pressure auge .whic has at its rear (see Figure'lV a connect- ,or or nipple 26 to whlch a suitable piece of" tubing may be. attached for connection with the oil pumping system. The gauge 17 is illustrated as an ammeter and supports on its rear side suitable binding posts 27 to which electric conductors may be secured. The lamp 19 is mounted in an electric socket 28 to which leads a conductor 29 of which a fragment on] is illustrated. A conductor 30'is electrica y connected with socket 25'. Thetwo conductors 29 and 30 vmay lead-through any desired switch or switches to a source of "electric current such as astorage battery or electric I e switch ortion of which is shown at 31 in Fi V.- As illustrated, this switch is adapted to control not only enerato'r,

no these connections, but also the other electric lamp connections'm;v

which may be thrown into circuit with the headlights by operation of the handle 22,

affords a means for reducing the current "through the headlights for the purpose of dimming the latter.

I am aware that the embodiment :of my invention shown and described herein is susce tible, of various modifications without eparting from thevspirit thereof," and therefore I desire to claim the invention broadly as well as specifically, as indicated in the appended claim.

-Having thus described my invention,

by t from a point above the steering wheel.

what-L claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: I

In a motor vehicle, a cowl, a steering column, and a bracket extending substantially in a horizontal plane and having one end'directly connected with the cowl and the other end connected with .said steerin cplumn to support and brace the same, sai bracket being constructed to receive a pluralit of instruments adapted to be carried he bracket ina position to be viewed In testimony whereof I aflix" my signa- .ture. WILLIAM R. GORDON. 

